The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1887-06-29


! pended as much money in Winchester
rifles as would have bought a Rowan
county farm" These were shipped to
his home as hardware. He then sought
the assistance of band of nervy men
from the counties named, armed those
who needed arms, and fixed on to-day
for the meeting at Morehead. Last
night and early this morniug the men
gathered. and lay out in the bush around
the town. They were 80 many that they
completely surrounded the place. The
Sheriff and Deputy were in Morehead
armed with warrants of arrest. The
! ToliEeEs- got wind ef-ses4e- -sa4e weren't
! against them from the fact that the en=
gineer and conductor of the early freight
train telegraphed from point up the
road to their wives in Morehead to leave
tow. Craig hastily gathered about
| him dozen or more of his friends,
among them the dead men, James Man
ming, Boone Day, Bump Manning, An
| dy Toliver, Cal Toliyer and few others
The battle was brought on about nine
O'Clock III the morning After the posse.
numbering about two hundred, had
been stationed behind trees and bushes,
I H. L. l1pEsly lCGNllH lAlS lllC III ulS HlNl-
( ing place, went over TO the railroad de-
pot TO consult with Hiram Pigman.
/ They exchanged q word or two, and
/ separated, each going in the direction of
q squad. Just then a man named Byron
| appeared i'll the clearing going toward
| Pigments men. The Tolivers seeing him
gave chase and began firing. This brought
! the fight Oh before the attacking party
were quite ready. The intention had
| been for the Sheriff TO first demand the
surrender of Toliver. When Toliver and
his crowd opened fire, however, parley-
ing was out Of the question Pretty
soon bullets from Winchester rifles an
swered Mr. Toliver, and he began to re-
! treat, and as he did so firing began in
different direction, and puHs of smoke
was seen 10 issue from the bushes near
the old schOol-hOUse, where Bud Madden,
of the Sheritfs posse and his company,
were located. The Toliver crowd paus-
ed To reply to this fusilade, when Hiram
Pigman advanced and took possession of
the depot, from which point he riddled
the Powers House and drove out those
who remained in charge there. Then
the posse began 10 close in from different
directions aud the Tolivers were in full
retreat, bullets whistling about their ears.
Nearing the streets leading to the Cen
trail Hotel, Bud Toliver received shot
in the leg and he fell Cal Toliver, his
brother, lad of sixteen, stopped, and
aiming his rife, fired inficting proba-
bly, fatal wound on Bud Madden At
the same instant Cal was hit in the side
All hands were now making for the Cen
tral Hotel, kept by the Manning Brothers
Toliyer's friends and Craig and his cous-
in, Jay, escaped between two frame
houses and gained the hotel Jay delay
ed for a moment in the back room lone
the buildings, but the shower of bullets
that poured into il made him leave pre-
sently. The Sherif's posse were sur
rounding the hotel where Craig Toliver,
Cal TCliver Cayt Tolliver, Jay Toliver,
Hiram Cooper, Andy Toiiver, Boone
Day, Jas Manning and Bunk Manning
were secreted. Mrs. Manning was sum.
moned and told to inform Craig and his
men to come out and surrender and moth.
ing would be done to them. They bgough:
back the answer that they would not
come out at all. AT this the word passed
to burn the building. Before this was
done Craig and the others left the house
from the rear, pulling off their hats as
they ran at the attacking party. They
were known to each other by being bare
headed. The enemy discovered this, and
had gone some little distance before be-
ing discovered Then q concentrated
fire was delivered after the fugitves the !
dirt putting up around them as they ran. ,
A ball struck Craig Toliver in the back. |
He wheeled and fell, rising TO his knees,
aud another ball struck him in the breast. |
He rose again, when another ball hit |
him in the breast These last are under .
the right and left nipples respectively. |
His blood flowed in gushes in the road |
near the railroad track where he fell, |
and later in tho day the hogs Tapped il |
up. Jay Toliver was killed in little |
lot on the side of the hotel. Bud Toliver
got into q field of high grass behind |
JOhnson's store where he was found and |
dispatched. Hiram Cooper, the man
who swore out the warrant for the Logan |
boys, was found in an upper room Of the
Central Hotel, said TO be the one occu-
pied by Ottie Young. A ball In the
brain settled him. Little Cayt Toliver,
though he had been active with his lit |
Gle pistol, was too young u be held 10 |
answer, and he was allowed 10 GO. He
is game little fellow, and when he saw
men surrounding Craig aud shooting at
him ho ran in between them. Cal Toll |
yer got into hiding place and escaped,
although the town was searched for him. /
The battle was now over, and the casual.
ties were as stated Craig, Bud and jay
Toliver and Hiram Cooper killed on one
side and Bud Madden mortally wounded !
ON thu nihnr The hnht had lnsLnl [